Oh, that comic that saved you through one of the worse depressions of your life that you haven’t finished? Procrastinate for 8 years. Oh, that candy mold a super nice person got for you that you have wanted forever? Procrastinate.
Oh, the show that you have all the time in the world to watch but won’t, even if you would enjoy it? Just watch the same YouTube video for the 18th time instead.
My ADHD brain tells me I'm not allowed to do anything I enjoy until all the work and chores are done. Chores being chores, they're never done. But being productive is the number one trait to aspire to. I hate it.
Meds make any difference? I'm on a decent dose of Adderall. Work still drags, but I enjoy things more. Executive dysfunction is at about 45 percent now.
I was diagnosed at 42. I am 44 now and it's like oh a little progress followed by weeks of debilitating procrastination. Finally knowing and not being able to crack the code is beyond frustratib.
Break it down into tiny actionable steps. Ask yourself what it will take to do the first step. (That actually becomes your first step). Can that be done in one minute or less?
BIG MOOD… I have about three chapters of an 8book series left. Loved the books. It’s probably been at least 7yrs since I stopped and now I’d have to read them over to enjoy it. Watch a favorite anime? Practice guitar? DOODLE? No… YT shorts on endless loop.
One trick is to fool the faulty reward-center of your brain by doing either really boring chores and then taking breaks doing the thing you WANT to make progress on, or some combination of shuffling-around tasks. Im still figuring it out myself!
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Just fucking work with me, brain. I can't just rot in bed all day.
Too many projects at various of development and not enough motivation to finish one.
Gotta ride the burst of energy when it's there but never know when it's coming.
(Procrastination at its finest!)